# Replication Materials for How to Stay Popular: Threat, Framing, and Conspiracy Theory Longevity
# By Courtney Blackington and Frances Cayton

This readme file describes replication materials for "How to Stay Popular: Threat, Framing, and Conspiracy Theory Longevity."

R was used for all analysis. 

Main Text:
df.RDS provides the data required to replicate our findings presented in the main text. 

Figure 1 Replication.R provides the code needed to replicate Figure 1 in our main text. 

Figure 2 Replication.R provides the code needed to replicate Figure 2 in our main text, and all supporting tables. 

Figure 3 Replication.R provides the code needed to replicate Figure 3 in our main text, and all supporting tables found in Appendix D. 

Figure 4 Replication.R provides the code needed to replicate Figure 4 in our main text, and all supporting tables found in Appendix D. 

Figure 5 Replication.R provides the code needed to replicate Figure 5 in our main text, and all supporting tables found in Appendix D.. 

Replication_Appendix B.R provides the code needed to replicate Appendix B.

Replication_Wordclouds.R provides the code needed to replicate Appendix C.

Replication_BotAnalysis.R provides the code needed to replicate Appendix E. 
df.bots.RDS provides the data required to run the bot analysis.

Replication_Appendix F.R provides the code needed to replicate Appendix F.

Replication_Appendix H.R provides the code needed to replicate Appendix H.